Advertising apparatus



Jan. 14, 1958 A. GUEYDAN 2,819,545

ADVERTISING APPARATUS 1292! Filed Jan. 22, 1953 United States Patent ADVERTISING APPARATUS Arthur Gueydan, Bucnos-Aires, Argentina Application January 22, 1953, Serial No. 332,636

3 Claims. (Cl. 4051) My present invention relates to an advertising apparatus in which the signs or advertisements are caused to move and change under the jolting action of the vehicle upon which it is placed. The apparatus essentially comprises an oscillating weight fitted with pivoted members presenting a curved, convex rim engaging with a rotatable roller coaxially connected to a rotatable member bearing the advertisements which are successively exhibited through a window provided in the casings front, during the weights oscillations.

An example of execution of the apparatus is hereafter described with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus, with front and disc broken.

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 explain how the driving action takes place.

The apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a fiat casing 1 provided with a window 2 cut in its front. Within the casing is mounted the device constituted by a weight 3, made of a metal plate, resiliently suspended by means of a spring 4. Said weight is provided with an aperture 5 through which projects a rotatable roller 6 mounted on a horizontal axle 7, fixed to the back of the casing and connected to a disc 8 bearing on its face the signs or advertisements coaxially mounted on the axle. The rollers periphery is coated with rubber and is surrounded by the inner wall of the weights aperture, a suitable space or play being provided between same to allow the weights oscillation. Plates presenting a curved, convex rim 8 and 9 are pivotally mounted upon said weight their pivoting point being situated eccentrically with respect to the said rims curvature and angularly engage with the roller on opposite sides of its periphery. Said plates are formed or balanced so as to keep in contact with the roller by their own weight, the plate 10 being for that purpose provided with an extension or counterweight. Abutments 11 and 12 are provided on the weight for the purpose of limiting the plates motion and prevent its overturning and the weight is provided with guiding means comprising a shaft 13 made to slide through a perforated piece 14 when the weight oscillates in order to keep the weight in a plane parallel to the casings front.

Under the jolting action of the moving vehicle carrying the apparatus, the weight is caused to oscillate and the pivoted plates 9 and 10 alternately exert on the rollers periphery a tangential thrust causing its rotation. It will be seen that said rotation is unidirectional and uninterrupted as long as the weight oscillates, the plate 9 acting on the roller as the weight moves down and the plate 10 acting upon same as the weight moves up, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The plates rim and the rollers periphery may be striated or present small ratchet teeth working into one another or, one of the said members may be coated with pile fabric having bent hairs in order to increase the unidirectional adherence of one member upon the other. Instead of being resiliently suspended the weight may be pivotally suspended like a pendulum and made to swing laterally. In another form of embodiment, the disc bearing the advertisements is replaced by an endless band mounted on a horizontal rotatable cylinder driven by the roller 6 to which it is connected.

Having thus described my invention I declare that what I claim is:

1. In an advertising apparatus operated by the jolts of a moving vehicle, the combination of: a casing pro vided with a window, an oscillating weight formed with an aperture suspended within the casing, a horizontal axle fixed to the casing, a rotatable roller mounted upon said axle and projecting with some play through the weights aperture, a number of plates presenting a curved, convex rim, pivotally mounted on the weight at points situated eccentrically with respect to the said rims curvature, engaging with the roller at opposite points of its periphery, and a rotatable member connected to and driven by the roller bearing on its face advertisements to be exhibited in the casings window.

2. In an advertising apparatus of the type set forth: a casing provided with a window, an oscillating weight formed with an aperture, a spring means resiliently suspending the weight within the casing, a horizontal axle fixed to the casing, a rotatable roller coated with rubber mounted upon the said axle and projecting with some play through the weights aperture, a number of plates presenting a curved, convex rim, pivotally mounted upon the weight at points situated eccentrically with respect to the said rims curvature, engaging with the roller at opposite points of its periphery and balanced so as to keep in contact with said periphery, guiding means for the weight comprising a shaft fixed to the weight engaging with and made to slide in a perforated piece fixed to the back of the casing, and a disc connected to the roller and rotatable upon the rollers axle bearing advertisements to be ex hibited in the casings window.

3. In an apparatus of the type set forth: a casing provided with a window, an oscillating weight formed with an aperture suspended within the casing, a horizontal axle fixed to the casing, a rotatable roller mounted upon said axle and projecting with some play through the weights aperture, a number of plates presenting a curved, convex rim, pivotally mounted upon the weight at points situated eccentrically with respect to the said rings curvature, engaging with the roller at opposite points of its periphery and balanced so as to keep in contact with said periphery, a horizontally rotatable cylinder connected to and driven by the roller, and an endless band mounted upon the cylinder bearing on its face advertisements to be exhibited in the casings window.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 390,383 Magnus Oct. 2, 1888 880,315 Lord Feb. 25, 1908 1,432,662 Bovier Oct. 17, 1922 1,801,698 Stringer Apr. 21, 1931 FOREIGN PATENTS 116,772 Germany Jan. 16, 1901 433,703 Great Britain Aug. 7, 1935 231/36 Australia Jan. 20, 1936 

